Dumping-wagon.



M Patented Fehs- 11, I902. I I

.M. "G A W G .N H m D 6 4 1 3 9 6 0 N (Application filed May 31, 1900.)

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JAMES N. DIXON, OF RICHMONDDALE, OHIO.

DUMPiNG-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,246, dated February 11, 1902. Applioation filed May 31, 1900. Serial No. 18,545. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES N. DIXON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmonddale, in the county of Ross and State of Ohio, have invented'a certain new and useful Improvement in Dumping-Wagons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of dumping-wagons, and has particular relation to the improvement of that class of wagonbeds which are adapted, for carrying gravel, sand, &c. 7

The objects of my invention are to provide a wagon-bed of superior construction and arrangement of parts with improved means for dumping or discharging the load therefrom and to produce certain improvements indetails of construction, which will be more fully pointed out hereinafter. These objects I accomplish in the mannerillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- V Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a 1 wagon-bed having my improvements and showing the body-bottom sections turned in positions for discharging the contents of the wagon. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of said bed, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the illustrations, 1 and 2 represent the front and rear end body-bolsters, 3 the parallel bed side-boards, and4 and 5 the inclined front and rear end-boards. Upon each of the bolsters 1 and 2 I support a transverse bearing-bar 6, the latter being provided in its upper side at intervals with vertical bearingrecesses 7 In these recesses bear the ro unded upper side end extensions 8 and 9 o'f'parallel floor slats or sections 10, the bodies of which extend, as shown, between the bearing-bars 6. These floor-sections are of such width and relative arrangement that when the same are turned in their bearings until their sides are flush a complete floor for the wagon-bed is formed. The forward bearing extensions 9 of the floor-sections are extended, as shown, beyond the forward end of the'tvagon-bed, said extensions having mounted thereon short arm projections 11, which extend at right angles with the directions of the lengths of said floor sections. The outer .end portions of these arms 11 have pivotall y connected therewith a transverse bar 12. The central one of the arms 11 is extended to form a lever 13, the bar 12 being pivoted to the lower portion thereof. Suitably journaled on the upper sides of the side-boards 3 and extending transversely across the top of the wagon-bed is a rod 14, one end of which is provided with a short arm 15, extending in a direction at with an upwardly-extending rod 21, which, as

shownin full and dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings, has its upper end connected with the short arm 15 of the rod 14. Between the forward ends of the wagon and the lever 16 I provide one of the side-boards 3 in its upper portion with a downturned catch-hook 22.

In the drawingsl have shown the floor-sec-' tions turned downward or with their wider sides parallel, in which position it is obvious that any material contained in the wagon-bed may drop through to the ground between said sections. to their normal and closed positions and provide a substantially solidor integral flooring 'for the wagon-bed, the lever 13 is first thrown toward that side of the bed which is provided section's 10are flush and the bottom of the bed is closed. Thelever 17 is then turned forwardly and its handle'portion caused to In this forward moveengage the hook 22. ment of the lever 17 it will be seen that the In order to restore the sections 10 I with the lever 16 until the wider sides of said cross-bar 20 will be lifted until in contact with I the under sides of the sections 10 and the lat- .ter thus prevented from voluntarily swing+ ing downward. I It being desired to open the bed-bottom until the sections are in the posi tions indicated in thedrawings for the pur} pose of dumping the load between the same, it is evident that the operation consists in re with the bed-frame, parallel floor-sections 1O journaled in said bed-frame, said sections having bearing extensions 9, arms fixed on said bearing extensions, one of said arms being extended to form a lever and a bar 12 jointedly connecting said arms, of a bar 20 extending beneath said floor-sections and supported from said bed and means for raising and lowering said bar, substantially as specified.

JAMES N. DIXON. In presence of-- II. HARBERT, S. HARBERT. 

